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The BCCI had skipped the deadline for announcing the team and threatened a pull-out from the Champions Trophy over the dispute with the International Cricket Council (ICC). The four pace bowlers and the balanced spin bowling attack also makes the heavy batting side a better contender of the tournament this time. "It was not really a serious injury". (more...)

Ashley Schmeider and James Sisson posing for the camera. "This 2017 wedding was my second chance to get a couple on the mountain and be the first wedding photographer to shoot a wedding at base camp with the first couple to wear a wedding dress and tux", he told TODAY Style . (more...)

Sadio Mane may have taken the Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year accolades at Liverpool's end-of-season awards on Tuesday but the man most Reds, and the Former Players Association, who voted him their Player of the Year, will be concerned with keeping for the long-term will be playmaker Philippe Coutinho. (more...)

Atletico roared into a two-goal lead in the semi-final second leg with a Saul Niguez header and Antoine Griezmann's penalty, but Isco notched one in the 42nd minute for Real who saw out the game calmly to lose 2-1 on the night and ease into the final. (more...)

The 39-year-old Buffon made two early saves on shots from Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe with the score 0-0, thwarted Radamel Falcao with a fine stop just after the break and denied Monaco with a superb finger-tip save over the bar on Valere Germain's close-range header in the last minute. (more...)

Finally, the young Argentine discussed meeting the Juve squad shortly before their 2015 clash against Barcelona. Indeed, the Spaniard, has averaged a goal every 83 minutes from his 13 starts and 11 substitute appearances, a better ratio than Cristiano Ronaldo and more than twice as good as Benzema's. (more...)

ASTROS 5, YANKEES 1 Brian McCann hit a three-run home run against his former team and Lance McCullers Jr. pitched four-hit ball over six shutout innings to lead Houston past host NY for its fifth consecutive victory. Friday's announced attendance of 47,601 is the third largest regular season crowd in the 12 year history of Busch Stadium. OUR PREDICTION: The Cardinals are 4-1 in Leake's last five starts, are 4-1 in his last five outings coming off a quality start in his last appearance, ... (more...)

Stoke always make it hard for Arsenal whenever they visit. The Frenchman has never finished outside the Premier League's top four in a full season at the helm and is optimistic they can gatecrash the Champions League places this time around, despite a bad run of form which saw Arsenal lose six of 11 league games . (more...)

West Indies still trail Pakistan by 158 runs. Left to navigate 11 tricky overs at the end, West Indies openers Kieran Powell (9 not out) and Kraigg Brathwaite (5 not out) endured little horrors to reach the close unscathed on 14 without loss. (more...)

The 2.1 million people who have viewed the commercial so far may not have actually considered taking the auto off his hands, but every one of them has had a good laugh. Visual effects artist, Eugene Romanovsky , created an epic movie-style trailer to sell his used 1996 Suzuki Vitara. In the two minute long video, Romanovsky featured himself driving his old auto underwater. (more...)

The Stamford Bridge side will clinch the title with two games to go if they beat West Brom on Friday, but Conte is adamant it was by no means an easy season for Chelsea . Carvalho, who won three titles with Chelsea , recognised the work the Italian has done at Stamford Bridge, but believes the former Juventus coach has been fortunate the club's key players have rediscovered their best form. (more...)

Then, in the second set, Kerber struggled to get anything going, as Bouchard broke the German three times and then held serve twice for the 5-0 advantage before Kerber retired. "I feel like with confidence, I know when to step in, and still have a chance", Kuznetsova said after the 90-minute match. So I wanted to do it for myself, but also all these people. (more...)

As well as the Celtics played, they know they too must improve upon their Game 5 performance knowing Game 6, their first shot at closing out this series , will easily be the toughest game of this series to win. Isaiah Thomas scored 29 of his playoff career-high 53 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and was the difference down the stretch. The Wizards looked unbeatable at the Verizon Center in Games 3 and 4. (more...)

Cricket Australia says the decision gives supporters "some certainty" over where the match will be played, adding that tickets to the match, which starts on 14 December, will go on sale "very shortly". However, it is unlikely that the Perth Scorchers' Big Bash fixtures will be held at the venue. Cricket Australia (CA) had hoped the 60,000-capacity Perth Stadium would be finished by the time the two rivals are due to do battle in Western Australia. (more...)

Very happy". "Don't forget last season was a bad season for the club, for the players, for the fans". Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi picks up a photographer's camera as he celebrates winning the Premier League . He has surpassed the expectations of even owner Roman Abramovich, who offered his congratulations via technical director Michael Emenalo. But the former Juventus and Italy boss skillfully soothed the fragile egos and has been repaid with a memorable march to the title. (more...)

The 53 points were the most in an National Basketball Association playoff game since Allen Iverson scored 55 in 2003, and just one shy of John Havlicek's franchise postseason record of 54. Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. Warriors 106, Jazz 94 • Stephen Curry scored 22 points in three quarters of work and the top-seeded Golden State Warriors warmed up in a hurry after a weeklong layoff between playoff games, beating Utah in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals in ... (more...)

Sure enough, the subject of UCLA star Lonzo Ball's attention-mongering father came up recently in a podcast involving three members of the Cavaliers, and Cleveland's Channing Frye made it clear that LaVar Ball has already done much to poison the well for his son, who is expected to be a top-three pick in June's National Basketball Association draft. (more...)

Nashville dominated the tired Ducks, and Forsberg forced a turnover on a forecheck before tipping Matt Irwin's shot through Gibson for his fourth goal. "We knew they were going to come hard", Gibson said. It was Lindholm's first of the postseason through 12 games. "He's played so well for us and he's really at the top of his game". (more...)

You can read his full thank you letter to NY on his website The Player's Tribune . In the essay, Jeter thanks NY for looking out for him. Above you see the video attached to the post where the people of NY help Jeter deliver his heart felt message. (more...)

The Blues lead second-placed Tottenham by seven points and need three points from their three remaining games to be sure of silverware. Inter, owned by the Chinese retail giants Suning, are preparing a contract offer for Conte thought to be worth up to £12.5million a year to lure him back to Italy. (more...)